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Hunley was equipped with a mercury depth gage, was steered by a compass when submerged, and light was provided by a candle whose dying flame would also warn of dwindling air supply.
Hunley and his entire crew of seven lost their lives as the water was nine fathoms deep and nothing could immediately be done to aid them.
In August 2000 archaeological investigation and excavation culminated with the resurrection of Hunley from its watery grave.
www.gatewaytocharleston.com /CSSHunley.htm   (1331 words)

  
  CSS H. L. Hunley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States Navy that demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare.
Hunley, which at this stage was variously referred to as the "fish boat", the "fish torpedo boat" or the "porpoise", was fashioned from a cylindrical iron steam boiler, which was deepened and also lengthened through the addition of tapered ends.
Archaeological investigation and excavation culminated with the raising of the Hunley from its watery grave on August 8, 2000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CSS_Hunley   (1534 words)

  
 CSS Hunley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CSS H.L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States Navy that demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare.
Hunley was the first submarine to sink a warship, though the sub was also sunk in the engagement.
The Hunley was designed to be hand powered by a crew of eight: seven to turn the hand-cranked propeller and one to steer and direct the boat.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/CSS_Hunley   (1108 words)

  
 C.S.S. Hunley Submarine Recovery Information
17, 1997 - The Hunley Commission announced on Feb. 17, 1997 (the anniversary of the sub's final attack) that the hull of the submarine is strong enough to be raised and conserved based on studies and data collected during last spring's expedition.
As of May 11, 1996, The Hunley Commission expedition to the wreck is currently diving on the sub off of Charleston, SC in about 30 feet of water.
CSS Hunley Print by William R. McGrath with short history and image of print.
www.awod.com /gallery/probono/cwchas/hunley.html   (1143 words)

  
 CSS Hunley : CSS H.L. Hunley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CSS H. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate navy that demonstrated the advantage and danger of undersea warfare.
Hunley was designed to be hand powered by a crew of nine: eight to turn the hand-cranked propeller and one to steer and direct the boat.
In August 2000 archaeological investigation and excavation culminated with the resurrection of Hunley from its watery grave.
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 CSS Hunley - Wikipedia
H.L. Hunley was de eerste duikboot die er in slaagde een oorlogsschip tot zinken te brengen.
De Hunley was 12 meter lang en moest worden bediend door 9 bemanningsleden (8 voor de handaangedreven propellor en 1 om de boot te besturen).
Op 15 oktober datzelfde jaar zonk de Hunley tijdens een nieuwe poging, waarbij de ontwerper Horace Lawson Hunley en 7 andere bemanningsleden omkwamen.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/CSS_Hunley   (329 words)

  
 css hunley
CSS H.L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States Navy that demonstrated the advantage and danger of undersea warfare.
Privately invented by Horace Lawson Hunley and built in 1863 by Park and Lyons of Mobile, Alabama, Hunley was fashioned from a cylindrical iron steam boiler, which was deepened and also lengthened through the addition of tapered ends.
Archaeological investigation and excavation culminated with the resurrection of Hunley from its watery grave on August 8, 2000.
www.fact-library.com /css_hunley.html   (736 words)

  
 SCV Camp 15 CSS Hunley,U.S. Navy Documentation
Hunley held one third of the shares, Singer one third, and the last third was split among Whitney, Dunn, and Breaman (Ragan 1995, 26).
Captain Hunley's body was forward, with his head in the forward hatchway, his right hand on top of his head (he had been trying, it would seem, to raise the hatch cover).
The vanishing of the Hunley with all hands subsequently became one of the sea's greatest mysteries, remaining unsolved until the wreck was definitively relocated in 1995 by archaeologists Ralph Wilbanks, Wes Hall, and Harry Pecorelli III of best-selling author Clive Cussler's National Underwater Marine Agency (NUMA).
scvcamp15.com /hunley_navy.html   (15325 words)

  
 Friends of the Hunley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For the submarine's second attempt to attack the Union Blockade, Hunley convinced the Confederate Navy to man the sub with a crew from Mobile who were familiar with the Hunley's operations.
Hunley went straight to where the submarine was built, Park and Lyons machine shop in Mobile, to enlist a new crew to man the vessel.
Although Hunley was in charge of the sub's operations, he was not part of her crew.
www.hunley.org /main_index.asp?CONTENT=SECONDCREW   (506 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The C.S.S. Hunley, which was sank off the coast and thought lost forever, was discovered 20 miles off of the South Carolina coast with the remains of the final crew inside.
According to reports from the Friends of the Hunley organization, who has been aiding in the process of preserving the vessel, probes into the aft section of the submarine have detected what appears to be a bulkhead between the aft ballast tank and the crew compartment.
The CSS Hunley is recognized as the first submarine in history to sink an enemy ship when it rammed a torpedo into the USS Housitanic.
www.vic.com /tnchron/archive/Hunley.html   (2145 words)

  
 The CSS Hunley returns home.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
PHOENIX, AZ—Tuesday, August 8, was an emotional day for many Americans as the CSS Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, was retrieved from the watery grave to which she plunged February 17, 1864.
The Hunley was buried under three feet of silt in 28 feet of water four miles outside Charleston, SC.
H.L. Hunley, a submersible known as the "South's secret weapon," had just turned for shore after signaling it had succeeded in sinking the Union blockader USS Housatonic (also located by Cussler and NUMA) the night of February 17, 1864, when it vanished with all hands.
www.meyersoft.com /numa/press/hunley/aug1300.htm   (548 words)

  
 Hunley, the first submarine
The worlds first true submarine, the CSS Hunley, was built in 1863 in Mobile Alabama.
The Hunley had a very short range, and could only stay submerged for 25 minutes, so it would be towed out to sea.
Dixon mounted a 20 to 25 foot iron shaft onto the front of the Hunley, and attached the explosive charge to the end.
www.shipwrecktreasures.com /hunley_the_first_submarine.htm   (374 words)

  
 HUNLEY - Special Report - Charleston, S.C. - The Post and Courier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The contest to win the Hunley submarine is something like a high-stakes poker game for the three cities involved, but none of the players seem willing to play along with a recent request to up the ante.
Hunley archaeologists have recovered the gold pocket watch that sub commander George E. Dixon may have used to check the time before his attack on the Housatonic and, ultimately, carried to his death.
The last remains of Hunley commander Lt. George Dixon have been pulled from the front of the sub, and archaeologists have found a wrench nearby the crew likely would have used to drop outside ballast weights in an emergency.
archives.charleston.net /pub/index/hunley_index.shtml   (2217 words)

  
 CSS HL Hunley,- resources from UnderwaterArchaeology.com!
Unfortunately, the Hunley itself did not complete a successful escape from it's mission:- it sank near Charleston, South Carolina, ending the lives of it's crew only moments after the attack which earned it's place in history.
Friends of the Hunley - The Hunley Commission has created the Friends of the Hunley, Inc. as a 501(c)(3) corporation to aid in raising funds for the recovery, conservation, and ultimate exhibition of this historic vessel.
Confederate Submarine CSS H.L. Hunley - Drawings, diagrams, and history of the CSS H.L. Hunley, the civil war era submarine.
underwaterarchaeology.com /hunley.htm   (314 words)

  
 The Hunley (CSS Hunley) - CIA
On the night of 17 February 1864, the Hunley becomes the world's first submarine to sink an enemy ship, though tragically taking with it the lives of the courageous men who made it a success.
The scene where the Hunley's rag-tag crew sit together in brothel and bond over woman, whiskey and belting the bejeebers out of some passing sailor is none too subtle in getting its point across.
The Hunley is not a great movie nor even a good one, but it does the best it can.
thecia.com.au /reviews/h/hunley.shtml   (669 words)

  
 The Confederate Submarine H L Hunley
The new submarine, named H.L. Hunley in honor of her remaining chief financial backer and principal designer, was forced to use manual power.
Hunley had two entry and escape hatches with 8-inch coamings containing glass ports -- the only means of seeing out of the boat after the hatches were closed, since the submarine had no periscope.
In essence, Hunley was a primitive weapon -- with inadequate means of escape for the crew in case of flooding.
www.thehunley.com   (549 words)

  
 H.L. Hunley
H.L. Hunley was a Confederate submersible that demonstrated the advantage and danger of undersea warfare.
Privately built in 1863 by Park and Lyons of Mobile, Alabama, Hunley was fashioned from a cylindrical iron steam boiler, which was deepened and also lengthened through the addition of tapered ends.
Hunley was designed to be hand powered by a crew of nine: eight to turn the hand-cranked propeller and one to steer and direct the boat.
www.history.navy.mil /branches/org12-3.htm   (755 words)

  
 Powell's Books - The CSS Hunley by Richard Bak
In February 1864, the submarine CSS Hunley torpedoed the Union's mighty Houstatonic, sinking the vessel and killing five members of its crew.
It was the first successful submarine attack in the history of naval warfare, but it was a Pyrrhic victory — the CSS Hunley and its entire crew were lost without a trace.
Drawing on historical documents and riveting eyewitness reports of the Hunley's exploits and illustrated with more than 120 photographs (ten in full color), The CSS Hunley uncovers the fascinating drama and pioneering impact surrounding the Confederate submarine.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=17-0878332197-0   (175 words)

  
 To Start Css Hunley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CSS H.L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States Navy that demonstrated both the advantages and the...
On February 17, 1864, the first battle-successful submarine, the CSS Hunley, sank after successfully completing the first underwater offensive in military history.
On this date in 1863, the first battle-successful submarine, the CSS Hunley, sank shortly after its assault on the USS Housatonic.
www.nextwave.com.au /css-hunley.php   (233 words)

  
 The Hunley
My Hunley archaeological interpretation, based on many of the same sources and drawing on my own extensive field experience on many other archaeological projects, attempts with 3D renderings to reproduce the experience of excavating the submarine.
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine by Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf is the most up-to-date account of the continuing Hunley story.
The video The Hunley, with Armand Assante as George Dixon and Donald Sutherland as General Beauregard, presents the history of the Hunley accurately and dramatically.
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 css hunley directory - SEO-Specialists.org
This css hunley and css style sheet directory page is your source for featured css hunley and information.
the method we've chosen, as is used on this css hunley topic area, is to present lists of links at the top of the page in handy "title only" form, while providing additional commentary for those who desire it, as footnotes.
Hunley signaled to shore that she had completed the attack and was on the...
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 Css References & Guides - References.com.
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 CSS Hunley / Confederate Submarine - SC-CSSHunley
Three of the Hunley's night missions failed against the Union ironclads blockading the harbor.
H.L. Hunley rammed Housatonic with a torpedo packed with explosive powder attached to a long spar on its bow.
The resulting explosion that sent Housatonic with five crew members to the bottom of Charleston Harbor probably also sank Hunley with its crew of nine although this is not certain.
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 1863: CSS Hunley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
With the Union blockading Confederate ports the South purchased the CSS Hunley, a submarine, invented by Horace Lawson Hunley.
The CSS needed "to be hand powered by a crew of nine: eight to turn the hand-cranked propeller and one to steer and direct the boat” (“CSS Hunley”).
The South used the submarine three times: first attempt on August 29 sunk and killed the crew, October 15 during a test dive it killed 7 crew member and inventor Hunley and then finally on February 17 it went down in history because it sank the Unions Housatonic.
discovery.coe.uh.edu /linkedf04/students/gonzalez_c/gonzalez_c_project4e.htm   (108 words)

  
 SC Historical Society:Confederate Shipwrecks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Less known is the connection that three of the four wrecks recovered in 1929 have with the world-famous submarine.
During one of these mock attack exercises the Hunley sank, resulting in the death of the crew and inventor Horace Hunley, although the submarine itself was recovered.
In November of the same year, Lieutenant George Dixon, commander of the Hunley's last mission, obtained permission from General Beauregard to ask for volunteers for the submarine from the crew of The Indian Chief.
www.schistory.org /displays/CivilWar/hunley/hunley.html   (751 words)

  
 Css Hunley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
El CSS H.L. Hunley era un submarino de la marina de los estados del confederato que demostró las ventajas y los peligros de la guerra submarina.
Hunley era el primer submarino para contratar y para hundir un buque de guerra.
Inventado privado por Horace Lawson Hunley y construido en 1863 por Park y Lyons del móvil, Alabama, Hunley fue formado de una caldera de vapor cilíndrica del hierro, que fue profundizada y también alargada a través de la adición de extremos graduados.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/cs/Css%20Hunley.htm   (1027 words)

  
 CSS Hunley
CSS Hunley left on the first submarine war patrol on 17 February 1864 and met with great success sending the USS Housatonic and five crew-members to the bottom of Charleston Harbor.
Unfortunately, there would be no broomsticks at the patrols end for CSS Hunley as she never returned home that fateful night.
One hundred-forty years, 2 months later the eight pioneers aboard Hunley were finally laid to rest.
ncsubvets.rodent-web.com /csshunley_funeral.htm   (272 words)

  
 CSS Hunley: 3D View of the Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CSS Virginia - Previously known as USS Merrimack, the CSS Virginia is known for the historic battle against the Monitor.
CSS H.L. Hunley - CSS H.L. Hunley Provides a history of this Confederate submarine sunk in 1864 and report on its exacavation and recovery.
The Hunley Project - The Hunley Project Information on the Sons of Confederate Veterans CSS H.L. Hunley Project, concerning the submarine that launched the era...
www.resolve3d.com /Regional/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Government/Military/Navy/Ships/Submarines/Miscellaneous/CSSHunley   (582 words)

  
 Webshots - Images of CSS Hunley Funeral - 3rd Crew - April 17, 2004
CSS Hunley Funeral - 3rd Crew - Route Map/Schedule - April 17, 2004
CSS Hunley Funeral - 3rd Crew - Route Map - April 17, 2004
CSS Hunley Funeral - 3rd Crew - April 17, 2004
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